Labor of Being

Labor of Being is a collection of quick abstract drawings shaped by the emotional weight of moving through life. These figures bend, split, carry, and reassemble, reflecting the ups and downs that define ordinary existence: struggle and reward, pressure and release, exhaustion and persistence. Built from instinctive lines and simplified forms, the drawings do not present life as stable or resolved. Instead, they hold onto fluctuation, showing how a person can feel burdened, hopeful, fractured, playful, and determined all at once.

Across the works, mood shifts constantly: tension gives way to humor, heaviness meets movement, and vulnerability sits beside resilience. Some figures seem to carry invisible burdens; others feel like they are emerging from them. Together, the drawings treat life not as a smooth path, but as an emotional rhythm of imbalance, recovery, endurance, and small moments of triumph.